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Conman who cheated Urmila Matondkar arrested

Conman named Hemal Mehta, 34, was arrested by Mumbai police
after a long hunt. He was accused of cheating many people, including actress
Urmila Matondkar. The conman cheated the actress in the pretext of booking her
flight ticket. The Malad resident was paid for booking flight ticket by the actress.

The man was in the wanted list of Bandra Police for a
long time and after an extensive search, he came in the hand of the police. He was
in the wanted list for several cheating cases. DCP Satyanarayan Chaudhary of zone 9 said, “The accused has
several cheating cases against him. Six months ago he was arrested by Bandra
police for cheating Bollywood actress Urmila Matondkar. We are investigating on
how many more people he has cheated.”

According to Bandra police station,
the man has taken Rs 4.65 lakhs from a Bandra-based jeweller last December for
booking air-ticket. The jeweller had booked tickets for Singapore and Dubai
through Mehta and paid him an advance of Rs 4.65 lakhs after which he went hiding.

A police officer said, “We were
looking for him from a very long time. He has several cases against him in
Mumbai, all cheating cases.”

On Wednesday, cops got clued of whereabouts
of Mehta and a team, headed by API Sandeep Shinde from Bandra police station,
arrested him from Andheri (West).

On Thursday, Mehta was produced in the Bandra
court and was sent to police remand while the cops are investigating the
matter.